Publications

[medical pots of yakushi buddha in japan].	the origin of yakushi buddha (bhaisajyaguru in sanscrit, buddha of healing) is not clearly known. it has been proposed the original statue of yakushi buddha may have been conceived from varna, a god in brahminism, believed to be a god of justice who possessed medicines and prolonged life. it is believed that yakushi buddha appeared in japan when the buddhism was imported from korea and china in vi century, yakushi buddha was believed more profoundly in japan, compared with korea and china.the re ...	2005	16021752
[safety of rice grains and mycotoxins - a historical review of yellow rice mycotoxicoses].	aflatoxins, the most powerful mycotoxins, were brought to the attention fo the people in the early 1960s with the outbreak of the turkey "x" disease in england. however, the history of mycotoxin research in japan began 100 years ago. in 1891, sakaki demonstrated that moldy, unpolished rice was fatal to experimental animals, with symptoms indicating paralysis of the central nervous system (shoshin-kakke). in 1920, prof. i. miyake and dr. takada first reported that penicillium commune, which was k ...	2004	16025655
tea-gruel as a possible factor for cancer for the esophagus.	specific death rates for esophageal cancer by each city and county in japan were calculated. nara and wakayama prefectures formed a high death-rate area with some neighboring cities and counties in other perfectures. inhabitants of these area are known by the custom of taking "chagayu", tea-cooked rice gruel. according to this survey on the habit of taking hot tea-gruel, with over 5,000 teachers and their families aged over 50 years old, the distribution of the precentages of taking tea-gruel am ...	1975	1150011